North Dakota (Inglis pronunciation: /ˌnɔɹθ dəˈkoʊtə/, locally [ˌno̞ɹθ dəˈko̞ɾə]) is the 39t state o the Unitit States, haein been admittit tae the union on 2 November 1889.
North Dakota | |
|---|---|
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| Afore stateheid | Dakota Territory |
| Admittit tae the Union | 2 November 1889 (39t) |
| Lairgest ceety | Fargo |
| Lairgest metro | Fargo metropolitan aurie |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Doug Burgum (R) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Brent Sanford (R) |
| Legislatur | Legislative Assembly |
| • Upper hoose | Senate |
| • Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives |
| U.S. senators | John Hoeven (R) Heidi Heitkamp (D) |
| U.S. Hoose delegation | Kevin Cramer (R) (leet) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 756,927 (2,015 est)[1] |
| • Density | 3.83/km2 (11.70/sq mi) |
| Leid | |
| Latitude | 45° 56′ N tae 49° 00′ N |
| Longitude | 96° 33′ W te 104° 03′ W |
It is locatit in the Upper Midwastren region o the Unitit States, bordered by the Canadian provinces o Saskatchewan an Manitoba tae the north, the states o Minnesota tae the east, Sooth Dakota tae the sooth, an Montana tae the wast.[2] The state caipital is Bismarck, an the maistmuckle city is Fargo. North Dakota is the 19t maist extensive but the fowert least populous an the fowert least densely populatit o the 50 states.
North Dakota haes weathered the Great Recession o the early 21st hunderyear wi a boom in naitural resoorces, in pairticulair a boom in ile extraction frae the Bakken formation, that lees ablo the northwastren pairt o the state.[3] The development haes driven strang job an population growthe, an law unemployment.[4][5]
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